Students at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharamsala, India enjoy communicating with their partner classrooms in Seattle through Bridges' online discussion forum.
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"In the Practice of Tolerance, one's enemy is the Best Teacher." -His Holiness the Dalai Lama How we find these teachers? Whether due to distance or desire, we often find it much easier to learn fromthose we know and agree with. Those people near us, and most like us. Below, you will find some stories being shared by Bridges youth this year, students who have reached out across national borders and cultures. Finding their teachers, and being teachers. |
 "When we went to the forest, where the hermit monks live, we wanted to know what makes them happy? "-Tenzin Ghaki. On the recent Bridges workshop in Dharamsala, India, Bridges veteran student Gakyi and her friend Tari Kyi shared a story about their journey toward happiness. Click on the image to view the story. |
Bridges' Shared Learning Model At Bridges to Understanding, we believe direct exposure and shared learning is how we will to develop the ability to see a new perspective of ourselves and others. Bridges helps students develop the ability to see through other students' eyes through direct classroom to classroom projects and sharing. Students in classrooms in urban cities in Washington state, in townships in South Africa, villages in Guatemala and Peru, in camps on the West Bank, and in children's villages Tibetan Refugee communities in India are finding out how different and how alike we all are. They are the best teachers for each other. And this is how we will build a more compassionate, better world. Bridges students from Seattle, South Africa, Guatemala and India will participate in a major international event with the Dalai Lama when he visits Seattle in April 2008. For details on overall event, see Seeds of Compassion website: www.seedsofcompassion.net
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 Click on the photo to view a 6 min. video of Caroline's story about Single Mothers in her South African township. |
New Bridges Work Produced in South Africa in August, 2007 "Three words that make someone do stupid things, wrong choices. Three words that change people's minds, soul, bodies, and feelings. These three wonderful words are….I..love….you." -excerpt from Caroline's story in South Africa Please click the photo on the left or view our gallery to see the recent powerful works produced on Bridges workshops. For more information about our upcoming workshops, Click HERE |
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New Bridges work produced during Guatemala Workshop in November, 2007 "(It was an) unforgettable experience and I'd do it all over again in a heart beat.” - Eileen, Guatemala 2007 Click to the left to see our latest work from Guatemala. To learn about the workshops in the participants' own words, see the workshop blog at: http://mjs.typepad.com/bridges/ |